The Priesthood of All Believers in the Face of Racism
Even though I watch from Australia, the other side of the world doesn’t seem so far away. The turmoil and
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Author: Laura Cerbus
“A Weighty Burden of Guilt”
“As a culture we have spent a great deal of time in recent decades naming and deploring the crimes and
The Feast of Pentecost: Justice and the Gift of the Spirit
Today — the Feast of Pentecost. Today, we remember the sending of the Spirit, the gracious outpouring of God himself
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The Help We Need
For us cross-cultural workers, so far away from our mothers, we tend to mother ourselves — to hack and schedule
COVID-19: A Prolonged Sabbath in a Culture of Productivity
I wrote this a couple of weeks ago, in the middle of school holidays and feeling untethered in many ways.
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March 25: Annunciation of the Lord
“Here am I, the servant of the Lord: let it be to me according to your will.”– from Common Prayer:
The Better Portion
Does the story of Mary and Martha bother anyone else? Honestly, for much of my life I’ve had a hard
Not My Own
“I am not my own. I am bought with a price.” The woman recited the words quietly, without power of
Seasonal Disorientation
In the northeastern United States where I grew up, the holidays of the church moved with the rhythm of the
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Last week a neighbor popped over to give my children the toys she had earned through her grocery store purchases.